The incident took place early Sunday morning at the Waffle House on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Houma, a report said. Deputies called to the diner found the victim unconscious. Witnesses told police the victim was eating when Chauvin threw a sugar container at him before launching his attack.

Chauvin punched the victim multiple times and kicked the victim in the head after he fell from his chair, the Sheriff’s Office said.

<p>A Houma man is in jail after allegedly attacking someone in a local Waffle House, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office said.</p><p>Cody Chauvin, 22, of 122 Vera St., Houma, was arrested Wednesday on one count of second-degree battery.</p><p>The incident took place early Sunday morning at the Waffle House on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Houma, a report said. Deputies called to the diner found the victim unconscious. Witnesses told police the victim was eating when Chauvin threw a sugar container at him before launching his attack.</p><p>Chauvin punched the victim multiple times and kicked the victim in the head after he fell from his chair, the Sheriff's Office said.</p><p>The victim underwent multiple surgeries for facial fractures, deputies said.</p><p>Chauvin was identified through security camera footage. He told deputies a disagreement between the victim and a woman they both know sparked the attack, deputies said.</p>